Ranolus is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae from Southeast Asia and Oceania. It was originally described as a subgenus of Attagenus, containing only the species Ranolus cavernicola. It was later found to be a separate genus, and was placed in its own tribe, Ranolini, along with Orphilodes. A second species, Ranolus tenebricola, was described by Jiří Háva in 2014. Orphilodes was later synonymized with Ranolus.
Species Ranolus contains the following seven species: Ranolus australis (Lawrence & Ślipiński, 2005) — Australia Ranolus caledonicus Háva, 2017 — New Caledonia Ranolus cavernicola (Blair, 1929) — Malaysia Ranolus malleecola (Lawrence & Ślipiński, 2005) — Australia Ranolus minor (Lawrence & Ślipiński, 2005) — Australia Ranolus papuanus (Háva, 2015) — Papua New Guinea Ranolus tenebricola Háva, 2014 — Thailand
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